ablepsia

English

Alternative forms

• ablepsy

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀβλεψία (ablepsía, “blindness”), from ἀ- (a-, “not”) + βλέπω (blépō, “see”).

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /əˈblɛp.si.ə/

Noun

ablepsia (uncountable)

1. (medicine, rare) Lack of sight; blindness.

References

• Thomas, Clayton L., editor (1940) Taber's Encyclopedic Medical Dictionary, 5th edition, Philadelphia, PA: F. A. Davis Company, published 1993, →ISBN, page 6

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀβλεψία (ablepsía, “blindness”), from ἀ- (a-, “not”) + βλέπω (blépō, “I see”).

Pronunciation 1

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /aˈblep.si.a/, [äˈbɫ̪ɛps̠iä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /aˈblep.si.a/, [äˈblɛpsiä]

Noun

ablepsia f (genitive ablepsiae); first declension

1. blindness

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	ablepsia	ablepsiae
Genitive	ablepsiae	ablepsiārum
Dative	ablepsiae	ablepsiīs
Accusative	ablepsiam	ablepsiās
Ablative	ablepsiā	ablepsiīs
Vocative	ablepsia	ablepsiae

Descendants

• English: ablepsia
• German: Ablepsie
• Portuguese: ablepsia

Pronunciation 2

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /aˈblep.si.aː/, [äˈbɫ̪ɛps̠iäː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /aˈblep.si.a/, [äˈblɛpsiä]

Noun

ablepsiā f

1. ablative singular of ablepsia

References

• “ablepsia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press